Fulbright Advanced Research And University Lecturing Program

Grant

Advanced Research in Applied Chemistry

Host Institution

University of California San Diego

Dr. Christopher Jay T. Robidillo is a Full Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the former Associate Dean for Research and Public Service of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila. He graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, magna cum laude, from the same institution.

He obtained his Master's degree in Chemistry from the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and was a graduate chemistry researcher in the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He obtained his Doctorate in Chemistry through a joint program between the University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, and the Technische Universität München in Munich, Germany. Dr. Robidillo was a recipient of the Taiwan Scholarship and the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Scholarship. He ranked 5th place in the 2004 Chemistry Board Examination. Dr. Robidillo was recognized by the Royal Society of Chemistry as an Outstanding Reviewer for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances in 2022. His research interests are in the fields of nanochemistry, bionanotechnology, and bioconjugate chemistry.